Drop / Add Policy Revision Faculty Senate 11/13/08
Proposal to change the course drop date from the thirtieth (30) instructional day to the fiftieth (50) instructional day of the semester, and the thirty-first (31) instructional day to the fifty-first (51 instructional day for drop petitions
Dropping and Adding Courses or Changing (Catalog pg 21)
Students are expected, when selecting and registering for their courses, to make informed choices and to regard those choices as semester long commitments and obligations.
After registering and through the first ten(10) instructional days of the semester, students may use () to add courses. Through the first fifteen (15)ten (10) instructional days of the semester, students may use ( to drop and add courses or change sections and credits. Fees are reassessed on the fifteenthsixteenth day of the term. Added courses and credits may result in additional fees. For courses dropped by the fifteenth instructional day, no fees are charged and courses are not recorded. (For deadlines and refund policy for withdrawal from all courses, see the Withdrawal sections of this catalog.)
An instructor may specify that drop/add is not allowed on the internet. A drop/add form is used to make changes in these courses, if approved by the instructor.
After adding a course, the credit/no credit grading option or auditor status may be elected on the internet or on a form available at the Registration Counter in Griz Central in the Lommasson Center. These options are not allowed for some courses as identified in the Class Schedule. Change of grading option to audit is not allowed after the10th 15thinstructional day.
Beginning theeleventh(11)sixteenth (16) instructional day of the semester through the thirtieth (30)forty-fifth (45) instructional day, students use paper forms to drop, add and make changes of section, grading option, or credit. The drop/add form must be signed by the instructor of the course and the student's advisor. The signed drop/add form must be returned to the Registration Counter (or the Registrar's Office at the College of Technology) no later than the thirtieth forty-fifth instructional day. A $10.00 processing fee is charged for each drop/add form. Added courses and credits may result in additional fees. There are no refunds or reductions of fees for courses dropped and grades of W (withdrew) are recorded.
Beginning the thirty-first (31) forty-sixth (46) instructional day of the semester through the last day of instruction before scheduled final examinations, students must petition to drop, add, and make changes of section, grading option, or credit.The petition form must be signed by the instructor of the course and the student's advisor and, in the case of drops only, by the dean of the student's major. A $10.00 processing fee is charged for each petition. Added courses and credits may result in additional fees.There are no refunds or reductions of fees for courses dropped, and the instructor assigns a grade of WP (withdrew/passing) if the student's course work has been passing or a WF (withdrew/failing) if the course work has been failing. These grades do not affect grade averages but they are recorded on students' transcripts.
Documented justification is required for dropping courses by petition. Some examples of documented circumstances that may merit approval are: registration errors, accident or illness, family emergency, change in work schedule, no assessment of performance in class until after this deadline, or other circumstances beyond the student's control.
The opportunity to drop a course for the current term or alter grading option for such a courseends on the last day of instruction before scheduled final exams. Dropping a course taken in a previous term or altering grading option or audit status for such a course is not allowed. The only exceptions are for students who have received a grade of NF (never attended) or new students unfamiliar with the drop process who have ceased attendance before the sixteenth day of instruction and can provide to the Registrar’s Office instructor verification of non-attendance.
See the School of Law section of this catalog for the add and drop deadlines for law courses.